Hymn from the Hive (2021) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 11, 2021

Original Title:
Hymn from the Hive

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
JM Films
OxyGene Film Productions

Production Countries:
Italy | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 84

A reflection on migration and identity through the lives of a European ethnic minority. Thirty years after their parents emigrated from Transylvania the young Transylvanian Saxons hold on to their heritage in a globalised Europe.

A house. A shelter. A man the last one left in the homeland. A woman returns to her community every year. The daughters and husband who have lost all traditions. A rapper who raps in the old language. In 1990 Susanna marries Udo. Their wedding is the last one celebrated between two Saxons in their village. After that the couple emigrated like half a million of Transylvanian Saxons. After 30 years in Germany the relationship between Susi and Udo has gone stale and they haven't taught their native language to their daughters that feel just German. Georg on the other hand is proud of his identity. He hopes with his rap to spread the young generations about the heritage to make them proud of being a Saxon. This is the choral story of a family who is learning to change in order not to disappear.

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Additional Camera:
Davide Bertuccio

Art Direction:
Giovanni Scaparrotti

Cinematography:
Jacopo Marzi

Colorist:
Davide Pini

Director:
Jacopo Marzi

Editor:
Emiliano Battista

Executive Producer:
John Dodds

Music:
Chocolope

Post Production Supervisor:
Cornelia Popa

Producer:
Elena Santamaria
Jacopo Marzi

Sound Designer:
Lorenzo Sattin

Translator:
Sara Bignamini
Alba Floris
Anca Bukur
Irina Paun

Visual Effects:
Gino Liegi

Writer:
Jacopo Marzi

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